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vintagebaseballcardguy · #1 10-26-2016, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

LOL sold my partial 1939 Playball Registry set on ebay a few weeks back, took a beating on it and have regretted it massively.

That was a very nice looking set. I wish I could've gotten in on that. A little over two years ago I sold my partial 60/72 '41 Play Ball set. I used the money to fund something non-card related. Fast foward to now, and I am starting to look at commons again with the thought of beginning once more. I love that set, but it just seems so far back to where I was. Of course the journey is half the fun I guess. I am liking the look of the T205s also, so we'll see.

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steve B · #2 10-26-2016, 08:57 PM

Yes, years ago I sold a low grade 48 Bowman set I'd put together. Really low grade, Musial had paper loss on the front, Berra was colorized. Maybe as a Padre, since his jersey was yellow. And a bunch of the cards were waxed and nearly round from flipping. Hardly paid anything for any of them, the Musial was $2 !

Haven't rebuilt it, but I'm about 1/4 of the way there with some nice commons.

Steve B

vintagebaseballcardguy · #3 10-26-2016, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by steve B

Yes, years ago I sold a low grade 48 Bowman set I'd put together. Really low grade, Musial had paper loss on the front, Berra was colorized. Maybe as a Padre, since his jersey was yellow. And a bunch of the cards were waxed and nearly round from flipping. Hardly paid anything for any of them, the Musial was $2 !

Haven't rebuilt it, but I'm about 1/4 of the way there with some nice commons.

Steve B

Wow! Those $2 Musials are few and far between!

Good luck as you build your set. I love stories like that.

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clydepepper · #4 10-26-2016, 09:13 PM

I sold my Topps 1957-1980 sets last year, but find myself picking up a favorite here and there...probably have a couple of hundred singles soo far...not sure where it will go...just letting some catch my eye...can't absolutely rule out building them again.

I did keep my 1954-56 Topps sets and would really, really regret it if I ever gave those up and had to rebuild them.

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Johnny630 · #5 10-26-2016, 09:14 PM

Great topic ! I've always been a postwar baseball kinda guy and was wondering from some experienced set builders. What's a nice set to build in say ex-mt shape that isn't super hard to complete ? I guess you could say I'm a little intimidated by trying. I've always liked the looks of 57 topps and 71.

mattsey9 · #6 10-26-2016, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny630

Great topic ! I've always been a postwar baseball kinda guy and was wondering from some experienced set builders. What's a nice set to build in say ex-mt shape that isn't super hard to complete ? I guess you could say I'm a little intimidated by trying. I've always liked the looks of 57 topps and 71.

59 Topps fits your criteria.

tinkertoeverstochance · #7 10-27-2016, 07:47 AM

1948 Bowman - currently building it casually again for the third time (finished it twice). 1959 Topps probably qualifies too; I got within 50 cards of finishing around 2007, but sold it before completion. I will never try again to finish any Topps set past 1956....

Lee

vintagebaseballcardguy · #8 10-27-2016, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by tinkertoeverstochance

1948 Bowman - currently building it casually again for the third time (finished it twice). 1959 Topps probably qualifies too; I got within 50 cards of finishing around 2007, but sold it before completion. I will never try again to finish any Topps set past 1956....

Lee

Lee, among other projects I am about 60% complete on '65 Topps. That is a lot of cards/commons. Not sure I will venture past the early 1950s again.

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Harford20 · #9 11-02-2016, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards View Post--LOL sold my partial 1939 Playball Registry set on ebay a few weeks back, took a beating on it and have regretted it massively.

I am glad this thread popped up.
I have been working on a 1939 PlayBall set for the past 4 years. I have 101/161 cards, all VG-EX to EX-NM with all HoF and stars graded PSA/SGC 4-6 (except DiMaggio and Williams both PSA 3.5). I am down to needing mostly the high number cards, which are very difficult to find in the 4-5 graded range that I can afford.

As a side note to Aquarian, I was watching your eBay listing closely as there were many high# that I wanted, but could not afford to pick this up and then have to try to sell the stars/HoFers that you had.

OK, back on track. Just over the last 2-3 weeks, I have been thinking about selling my 1939 PlayBall set (except the Williams). I am not in a money crunch, just have put this WAY on the back burner for my collecting. Now that I read this thread, I think I will just keep it sitting in my collection for a while. I know I would regret selling it, even if is not my focus of late.

Dave

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